"WIN WITH ARMS FOLDED."

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1907, 15 November 1913, Page 7

"WIN WITH ARMS FOLDED."

(By TeleErnelt.—Press Association.) ChrlstchuM'n, November 14. Few of tho strikers wero to bo seen about tho Lyttelio.il streets to-day, ami those that aro visible hang about in. dejected groups. The pinch is being severely felt. Shortly before .half-past - eleven tlio Mapoflrika arrived, and, a fow minutes later, was berthed at tlio Ferry Wharf. She brought down 116 passengers. The strikers wero noticeable by their absence, .and there was nothiug to suggest that tlioro was such a thing as a striko or that the ferry , boat was not arriving on an ordinary holiday except for the a.bsftnce of ships insido tho Moles, and the presence of tho anchored fleet in the -outer harbour. Tho Strikers' Convmjtteo considered tho employer's' letter for nn hour and a half to-day, and then informed a Press representative, thai there was"No answer;" It is itndorstoftd that tho question as to whether militant tactics should be adopted when the new Arbitration unionists take tip tlio wrk of. the port is causing a difference of opinion amongst the strikers. Some fifty men are strongly disposed towards militancy, but » largo number of steadier men recognise the- folly of it, and see that it must fail as absolutely as it has in Wellington and Auckland. The Strike ConSnittee p,t tho waterfront handed the following manifesto to the Press tfl-daj; :—"Wo have to report that all is quiet iit Lyttelton; all the men are very hopeful. A resolution was passed that we will win our fight practically with our arms folded, and that there will bo no violence, file Relief Committee aro relieving cases asthey como to hand, and have hired a room for that purpose; 1.